Phantasmagoria

Triunial lantern

The top lantern could be removed to give the lanternist the flexibility of having a single, biunial, or triunial set up.

0308

Biunial lantern

Wood & brass

Great Britain

c.1890

27" high

0309

Biunial Lantern

MacIntosh Galvanic and Fredric Battery Conmpany

Nickel-plated and brass

America

1895

18" hi

0310

Pamphengos

Hughes

Tin, brass and wood

Great Britain

1880

29" high

Horizontal biunial with dissolving fan.

0311

Stereopticon

Wood & metal

America

1877

15" x 25" x 11"

The improved oxy-hydrogen dissolving stereopticon was made by Sidney Herbert, Boston and sold by Thoamas Hall, Boston.

3173

Pettibone Sciopticon

Metal on wood base

America

c. 1895

20” x 10” x 13”

The popularly known "Peacock Lantern",w ith the original wooden storage trunk, was made in Cincinnati, Ohio by the Pettibone Bros Mfg Co. It comes with aluminum reels, each holding ten slides. The wheel in the photographs has pictures from the story of Damon and Pythias and an advertisement for the Pettibone Company.